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Connecting with the Inner Child through Nature and Discovering Joy: Reflections on a Photo-Elicitation study
A photo-elicitation study reveals that spending time in nature can be a powerful way to connect to our Inner Child and open ourselves to a more creative and playful approach to daily life.
Picturing your story: Migrant children’s experience of the Balkan Route
PVWW educator Erica Belli had the privilege of using arts-based methods with child refugees traveling the perilous Balkan Route. She came away humbled by their openness, trust, creativity, and resilience.
Adventures in Photovoice: Expecting the Unexpected
Using examples from her vast experience, photographer, filmmaker, and participatory visual media practitioner Ingrid Guyon prioritizes placing participants and their community at the centre of the photovoice process.
Amplifying Voices: Harnessing Photovoice for Social Justice and Empowerment at Hampton University
The Conference represents an incredible opportunity for each of us to grow – personally, academically, and professionally – enhancing our understanding… while acquiring tools to support and share what we’ve learned.
Bridging the Gap: Meeting the challenge of cross-cultural and cross-language research
A researcher studying water insecurity in rural Malawi talks about using photovoice to overcome cultural and language barriers, thus doing justice to the co-researcher perspective when reporting data.
Where Photovoice meets Therapeutic Photography
Sometimes we see sweeping changes in policy and legislation emerging from the voice of the people, but equally as valid are the small steps and changes which occur for participants.
PhotovoiceWorldwide goes to Dubai
In April, Photovoice Worldwide educators traveled to Dubai, UAE, to conduct a two-day, intensive, photovoice training. While there, they experienced historic rains and flooding.
Healthful eating in the postpartum period: A study on nutritional challenges facing Black mothers
By exploring the intersection of culture, environmental influences, and individual behaviors, a photovoice project aims to inform the development of practical and culturally relevant interventions tailored to the needs of African American mothers.
Walking in Paulo Freire’s Shadow: A photographer connects theory to practice after attending PVWW Intensive School
A photographer living in Northeast Brazil takes the Photovoice Worldwide Intensive School and, by learning about Paulo Freire’s roots, is given a whole new perspective on the city she calls home and the work she is doing to try and lift the oppressed.
Empowering Youth in Uncertain Times: Using photovoice to help youth navigate tough choices
In Canada, a team of 27 youth with lived experience use photovoice to reflect on their COVID-19 vaccine experiences, while fostering and building their skills as photographers.
Fostering Hope and Resilience through Photovoice
Social worker and PhD candidate Julissa Torres-Adames believes that, “With proper support, photovoice can…help clients work through past traumas and narrative therapy approaches.” PVWW interviewed Julissa about a project she co-facilitated with persons accessing services for mental health and substance use issues.
Media Matters: Leveraging Online News, Broadcasting, and Videography to Circulate Photovoice Projects to Broader Audiences
Exploiting a variety of media platforms allows photovoice messaging to reach a broader audience.
A Picture of [Perfect] Mental Health: Using Photovoice to Examine the Challenges and Opportunities for Success among First-Generation College Students
Being a first-generation college student comes with many unique challenges. Twelve first-gens at UNC Charlotte participated in a photovoice project in which they shared both their struggles and coping strategies as they sought to strike a school/life balance.
Respect, Beneficence, and Justice: Ethical Principles to Guide your Photovoice Research
The ethics of photovoice research are nested within universally recognized ethical principles that guide all research.
Raising Awareness of Parenting Stereotypes in the Middle East
Using cameras and captions, parents across the Middle East are being encouraged to explore gender bias and stereotyped roles among mothers and fathers within the family unit. One photovoice participant shared her experience with us.
5 Things to Think About Before Starting Your First Photovoice Project
At the outset, facilitating your first photovoice project may seem overwhelming, but it need not be. A little forethought and planning will go a long way toward getting you started. Here are five things you will definitely want to think about before undertaking your project.